ARCUS Atlas record
Svincolo Marene tangenziale Fossano
Total collapse of the Marene ramp of the Fossano ring road (SS231) on 18 April 2017. The span failed suddenly without a significant external load; two Carabinieri escaped immediately before the collapse. Initial ANAS technical assessments pointed to construction defects as the leading cause hypothesis. The governing physical failure process has not been established in publicly available documentation and remains Unspecified.
- ARCUS ID
- IT17.04.01
- Date
- 2017-04-18
- Municipality
- Fossano
- Province
- Cuneo
- Region
- Piemonte
- Coordinates
- 44.5661, 7.7238 · exact location
- Crossing
- SS231
- Use
- National
- Severity
- TC
- Structural type
- Beam bridge
- Material
- Prestressed concrete
- Construction year
- 1990
- Cause category
- Human-induced
- Specific cause
- Design and Construction
- Failure trigger
- No identifiable external trigger
- Component involved
- Deck / superstructure
- Cause evidence
- Probable
- Source confidence
- High
- Victims
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
Documentary sources (3)
- Cavalcavia crolla su auto dei carabinieri, illesi: vizi costruttivi ipotesi causa (News · ANSA · 2017-04-18)
- Cuneo, rampa di un viadotto crolla sull'auto dei carabinieri: vivi per miracolo (News · Quotidiano.net · 2017-04-18)
- Crollo cavalcavia Fossano, avvisi di garanzia per otto persone (News · Sky TG24 · 2017-05-17)